English
fighty
Fighty comes from Middle English fighti.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fighti
- Englishearliest quotation 1992fighty
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fighti
- Englishearliest quotation 1992fighty
Earliest quotation: 1992, Your Sinclair: “It's the follow-up to Hero Quest, and is in…”
Formed from fight + -y
Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- ‘to comb’
Proto-Germanic *fehtaną ‘to comb’
Proto-West Germanic *fehtan ‘to fight’
Old English feohtan ‘to fight’
Middle English fighten ‘to fight’
English fight
Every English word from Middle English fighti
Today it means
adj Inclined or prone to fight.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fighti / fighty